Be honest. How often do you pay to avoid physical activity and then pay again to reintroduce it?
- People pay Uber drivers, Door-dashers, and dog walkers to spare themselves from walking a couple miles. Then they pay again to walk those miles on a treadmill.
- People pay others to mow grass, rake leaves, shovel snow, etc. Then they pay again to do exercises that involve the same movements.
- People pay to send their kids to sedentary activities. Then they pay again to enroll the kids in some sort of compensatory, structured exercise routine.
Paying to save some time or effort is not irrational. But we often pay again to spend that “saved” time and effort doing what we already paid someone else to do. Paying twice? Without net savings of time or effort? That might be irrational.
In this post, I’ll elaborate on the issue, argue that we can do something about it, respond to a few objections, propose some experiments, and ask for your input.
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